Are We There Yet???

Back in the day, we lived in North Carolina and most of our family lived in Oklahoma and Texas. For a period of years, we made many an epic, two-day holiday journey overland with first one, then two young kiddos.

The destination? My in-law’s house. They lived about the same distance from I-40 as we did – there were just several states between us. The directions from Point A to Point B were as follows:

Go to I-40. Take a right. Go 1,000 miles. Take another right.

As today’s theme says, on pretty much any journey, as mile after mile unwinds along the way, the patience of the passengers begins to flag. The cry goes up from the back seats. And even if unspoken, the older ones do sometimes think it (come on, folks, you know you do…admit it).

Are We There Yet???

In our world of Vocal Training, the journey is also long. But unlike a car trip, which eventually reaches a destination, in Vocal Training we never do that. Think about that for a moment: we are on a journey –sometimes for years – but we never arrive.

If you’re going to succeed in elite Vocal Training, this idea is at the same time one of the most difficult of all ideas to grasp and one of the most important of all ideas to master.

How can I possibly master this?!?

Effective Mental Conditioning and persistent, weekly training over a longer period is how you master it. And you master it by recognizing that this factor is simply part of the journey.

Each of us must eventually come to this insight – or face the potential of great difficulty moving forward.

Are We There Yet???

Now, after our brief Holiday time away, we come to the final two weeks of our 15-week Fall Training Term. My best and strongest encouragement to you is this:

Find a way to be open to accepting that Vocal Training is a journey. And that Mental Conditioning is an integral part of that journey. Both must be mastered. Frustration and impatience must be accepted and overcome for any meaningful growth to occur.

Have I seen meaningful growth in each of you this Term? Absolutely.

Are We There Yet???

Not hardly … and my job every week is to joyfully bring to you the Glad Tidings that you never will be!

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#thereisnodestination
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